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The Tone That Made Us Podcast is a new weekly podcast exploring the gear that influenced and created the tones of some of our favorite artists, hosted by James Tsaptsinos and Dan Cav.

05/10/2022

The Tone That Made Us has wrapped our first season with 22 Episodes!!!! We are taking a month or so off and will be back with the start of season 2. Until then please go back to your preferred listening platform and check out all of the great guests we have had so far. Please rate, review and subscribe so you get the new episodes as soon as they are released.

Arthur Smilios- CIV, Gorilla Biscuits
Josh Newton- Shiner, Every Time I Die
Billy Graziadei- Biohazard, Powerflo
Ben Weinman- Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicidal Tendencies
Alberto Vaz- Sheryl Crowe's Engineer
Walter Schiefels- Quicksand, Rival Schools, GB
Stephen Egerton- ALL, Descendents, Flag
Vernon Reid- Living Colour
Rob Echeverria- Helmet, Rest In Pieces, Biohazard
Gavin Van Vlack- Burn, Absolution, Die 116
j Robbins- Jawbox, GI
Heath Saraceno- Midtown, Senses Fail
Ivan Hampden- Luther Vandross, Vanessa Williams
Adam Rubenstein- Chamberlain, Split Lip
John Porcelly- Youth of Today, Judge, Shelter
Zach Blair- Rise Against, Gwar
Steve Pedulla- Thursday
Charlie Walker- Chamberlain, New End Original, Gavin Rossdale

27/09/2022

Charlie Walker Pt2:
This week’s episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast brings a visit from another old friend and one of the most solid drummers we know Charlie Walker from Chamberlain. We delve into his love for the coolest Drums shops around the country. How he owes so much to our friend Chris Daly. Lower East Side shenanigans. Bouncing back and forth between NY and LA in a rapidly changing sequence of amazing bands and arena experiences. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

20/09/2022

This week’s episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast brings a visit from another old friend and one of the most solid drummers we know Charlie Walker from Chamberlain. We discuss his history with drums going back to seeing his dad’s Rogers kit for the first time to his need to shed his kits over the years to reduce attachment and stay fresh. We cover touring, various band history and gear over the years, touring with U2 and how amazing they were and his love for Dave Abbruzzese. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

14/09/2022

So we are taking the week off but go enjoy a previous episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast! Share and enjoy!

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06/09/2022

This week’s episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast brings a visit from an old friend and NJ Screamo staple the one and only Steve Pedulla. We discuss the years of his gear journey, Thursday’s days on Victory and signing to a major label. His love of effects and all of the various pedal boards over the years, how he did beta testing for Line 6 and how his Helix is the mission control for his current analogue pedalboard and amps. Lot’s of reminiscing and influencing which led to us both buying new Line 6 pedal boards after we recorded this! Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

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30/08/2022

This week’s episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast we have met our gear soulmate. The mighty Zach Blair from Rise Against. We discuss his years of tone evolution, our shared love of Dan Armstrongs, Les Pauls, modded Marshalls, what is was like playing in Gwar and how he stayed involved after he left and his new Podcast called Anti Heroes where he dives into the careers and gear of some of the most underappreciated and underrecognized guitarists in counter culture music. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

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24/08/2022

This week’s episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is with quite possibly the single largest guitar influence in the Hardcore Music scene, Mr. John Porcelly. We had such a great chat with Porcell this is a two part episode. He talks about growing up in suburban NY, how a family member inspired him to play Guitar and how he got started. We discuss the various gear and tones he used on all of the Youth of Today, Judge, Shelter records and more. We touch on his love for Les Pauls and how his YOT Les Paul was not a Les Paul at all. His hatred and now new love affair with Fender guitars and his new projects, clothing line and so much more. This is a 2 part episode to check out part 2 next week! Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

09/08/2022

This week’s episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is with a long time friend and guitar pioneer in the scene. Adam and his bandmates in Split Lip took musicianship in Hardcore to a new level. As bands were catching up to them, they took a left turn, renamed the band Chamberlain and upped their game. Adam brough elements of Indie Rock and Country roots to later redefine and influence so many players in the scene. He talks about those developmental years, how the band always pushed the limits of what was accepted and the eventual disbanding and reunions. He also chats about his career as a musical director and film and tv scorer. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

https://www.adamrubensteinmusic.com

02/08/2022

This week’s episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is a long in depth chat with a Music Legend. Our first drummer on the show Ivan takes us on a journey from growing up in Harlem and being exposed to the New York version of the Wrecking Crew at an early age. Knowing Kurtis Blow as a child and eventually playing with him. Playing Live AID!!!! Playing on Broadway while attending college and how he used his reputation and networking skills to get epic gigs with Ashford and Simpson, Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan, J Lo and more. Producing award winning tracks for Vanessa Williams and how he transitioned his skills into a career of music education. This is truly one of the most interesting chats we have had. Check out Ivan's links below and please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ef1dKHyV9k9g3aDlmR7tI?si=nq69Q-nVRjuc-6lTLCPHuA

https://youtube.com/channel/UCRM6FQqD3GmcFwiV6y72uEQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Hampden_Jr.?wprov=sfti1

26/07/2022

This week’s episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is with our good friend Heath Saraceno. Heath discusses his love for 80’s Kiss, playing in NJ punk bands leading to his time shredding for bands like Midtown and Senses Fail. He recounts times on the road, in the studio with Mark Trombino and life after being a touring musician. Midtown will be playing reunion shows this Fall and you will not want to miss this in depth chat! Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

19/07/2022

This Episode is an exceptionally important one for us. J Robbins (Government Issue, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels, Solo) is a songwriting genius and great influence on many. His personal performing credits hold a close first place to his producing credits for bands like Clutch, Texas is the Reason, The Promise Ring and many more. J owns Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, MD. We get a chance to discuss his first love of Classical music and orchestration, being a introverted nerdy dude turned role model for the Post Hardcore scene and how his gear shaped the tones of the records we love.
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05/07/2022

This episode is with powerhouse guitarist Gavin Van Vlack. Over the past 4 decades he has influenced thousands of musicians by consistently reinventing his sound and approach in bands like Absolution, Burn, Die 116, Pry, Big Collapse and Cannonized. We discuss hitchhiking hundreds of miles as a youth to go to music stores to acquire gear, purchasing an epic guitar from Billy Gibbons and how he protected his gear over the years living in the Lower East Side Squats of Alphabet City in the 80’s. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word! Check out Gavin's stuff on Instagram and

13/06/2022

This week’s episode of the Tone That Made Us Podcast is part 1 of 2 with a great influence on both Dan and I. It is an incredibly nerdy gear saturated episode with one of our teen heroes Stephen Egerton. As the guitarist for Descendents and All, Stephen has solidified his place in punk rock history. But it goes much deeper. We touch on his humble beginnings as a solo acoustic player, how he got into producing, building the Blasting Room (literally), every guitar and amp he used in his years making music and if indeed his van leaked gasoline all over the streets of South River, NJ while producing Shades Apart at Trax East. This episode was a Bl’ast!

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30/05/2022

This week’s Episode of the Tone That Made Us Podcast is with a very special one. Alberto Vaz was an up-and-coming Jazz guitarist from Rio who developed a love for engineering and developed an amazing career earning a Grammy for live and studio sound for Kid Rock, Kacy Musgraves and Sheryl Crow. He currently runs Front of House sound and is the Chief Engineer of Sheryl Crowe’s personal studio. We discuss growing up with limited exposure to musical instruments in Rio, manifesting a scholarship to Berkley School of Music and how he went home to Brazil to hone his skills that would later land him in Music City Nashville, TN with one of the most prolific songwriters and performers. Please subscribe, rate and share. Link in Bio…

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